"I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting."

-- Laurie Halse Anderson

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“Learning is a consequence of thinking.”

Source : David Perkins (2008). “Smart Schools: From Training Memories to Educating Minds”, p.185, Simon and Schuster
“I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.”
“I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning a man, conquering a woman, beating someone out of something, abusing each other's dignity in order to prove that I am a man, I am a woman.”
“The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when 'God created the universe in seven day”
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

Source : 'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)
“I keep my diet simple by sticking to mostly fruits and vegetables all day and then having whatever I want for dinner. I end up making healthy choices, like sushi or grilled fish, because I feel so good from eating well.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Lord, let me make this rule To think of life as school, And try my best To stand each test, And do my work, And nothing shirk. Should someone else outshine This dullard head of mine, Should I be sad? I will be glad. To do my best Is Thy behest. Some day the bell will sound, Some day my heart will bound, As with a shout That school is out And lessons done, I homeward run.”
“You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.”

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